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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-15
COMMISSIONERS, PROCEHDrNGs.
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE. }
November 30th. 1887. {

Board met in special session: Pres
ent 7. E. Mcmillan, Chairman, VIM.
Flickenger and J. S. Grimsley.
The following official bonds were ap-
proved:
Eliza Moore, Register of Deeds.
j. 81. Howe, Trustee, Pike Town
ship.
w. H. Clark, Trustee, Americus
Township.
L. R. Sanders, Trustee, Agnes City
Township.
Walter Wright, Trustee, Emporia
| Township.
Joseph Frost, Trustee, Fremont
Township.
A. G. Shepherd, Trustee, Elmendaro
Township.
Hugh J. Williams, Trustee, Center
Township.
I. E. Best, Trustee, Ivy Township.
E. d. Childers, Clerk, Fremont
Township.
J. W. Valentine. Clerk, Ivy Town
ship.
Hugo Mockry, Clerk, Center Town
ship.
L. B. Sheldon, Clerk, Reading Town
ship.
G. w. Lester, Treasurer, Agnes City
Township.
A. G. Abraham, Treasurer, Fremont
Township.
R. H. Best, Treasurer, Ivy Town
ship.
E. B. Lesh, Treasurer, Americas
Township.
E. P. Moon, Treasurer, Pike Town
ship.
Daniel Gaughan, Treasurer, Reading
Township
C. Arnoldy, Treasurer, Center Town
ship.
A. c. Coleman, Constable, Reading
Township.
Evan E. Davis, Constable, Emporia
Township.
w. F. Hancock, Constable, Jackson
Township.
Geo. Finnen, Constable, Pike Town
ship.
T. H. Hollingsworth, Constable, Ere
mont Township.
The assessment of Lot % Merchants
street, Empoffa, was lowered from
s550.OO to $4,000, the buildings thereon
having been burned previous to March
], 1887.
Jennie Long was granted the privi-
lege of redeeming Lot z, Williams
addition, from the tax sale of 1878 to the
county, and c. C. Martin was granted
like privilege to redeem Lot IS Mar
ket street, from the sale of 1875.
H. w. Miller was allowed the con-
stitutional exemption of $500. 90 on his
assessment for 1887, in Emporia City.
The assessment for 1887 of $500 90 on
Lot 152 Merchants street, was lowered
to $4,000 on account of an error.
Tax sale certificates Nos. 694 sale of
1885, and 70, sale of 1887, were refund
ed with 10 per cent interest, said sales
being erroneous.
The board then adjourned.
ATTEST: ROLAND LARIN
County Clerk.
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bills calling themselves prohibitfon
papers, are published under its wing,
which distort facts and prints names
Of citizens as being buyers of whisky.
who In fact have not. and whose names
do not appear ON the druggists lists.
The inference thrown out by this
printed list, is that all whose names
appear thereon are drinkers.
Young men whose mothers or sisters
have been forced to sign these receipts
do not like to see their names appear
in company with some of those printed,
and, while we believe in abiding by the
law, still. we would not think the worse
of brother or son who cowhided the
defamer of his sister or mother.
We're the sheet legitimate newspa-
per, which made this feature merely q
matter of news, it would not be so bad
But, when its so-called editor makes il
his business to 60 to drug stores and
make himself so offensive that were hC
not working under the protection o.
this law, he would be kicked out O.
doors as an unmitigated nuisance
claiming to be a newspaperman, h'
becomes serious farce instead of onl,
a harmless fanatic.
Why, if this person would go int
any dry goods or hardware store in the
city and put on such airs and make
such demands as he does in the drug
stores, his head would soon be made 81
large he could not get out of the door
and justly, too.
Yet there are people in Emporia WHIT
pretend to think he is doing a gooC
work. Bah!
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our "WYAT n TT,,

The theory of the Republican and
many other Kansas papers, that be-
cause prohibition has become the poll
cy of the republican party no one who
pretends to be republican has any
right to object to such fool measure
as the Murray law, is absurd. 1t was
only by objecting to whisky that the
prohibitionists were enabled to create a
sentiment that allowed such a law to
be passed. and it is only by showing the
faults in the Murray law that we may
hope to have it amended in some ra-
tional manner,
As its provisions now operate. it only
acts as a barrier to business in Kansas,
while it does not reduce the amount OF
liquor drank one ounce.
II also provides splendid field for
Matchmaking, inasmuch as little hand
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Heard at The PhoDe

The following little confiab has it's
moral, which can be applied in EN-
poria as well as other places. We find
it in the Kansas City News:
First voice-Hello; who is that?
Second voice-Why? this is Susie; is
that you, Clara?
Yes
did you go to the opera last
mo; did you?n A little pause.
No; I didn't, and think its Just
too meant" and the voice trembled.
why do you think it's mean?''
Because Charlie and Claudio were
there. My brother Fred saw them.
''Can it be possible? They told me
there was going to be general meet
ing of the club last night
THAT'S just what they told me. I'm
going to make kick on it, SO are the
rest of the girls. When there is moth
ing else going on in town they expect
US to entertain them. to give parties
and all that. No one ever heard of a
man giving party. But just as soon
as anything good comes to the city do
they take us? / guess not. They troop
there by themselves and try to mash
the ballet. l am not at home to such
men after this, are you?''
well, l should say not. The men
must think we are little ounces. They
think we are glad to see them when
they can't get anywhere else to go. 1
bet we'll make it iVely-.' but here
the reporter was shut out and the girls
may be talking yet. Bless them, they
have cause.
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a GOOD WORD FOR RELLY.

The following from the Burlingame
Independent, coming from the source
which it does, can be considered but as
a recommendation of the best kind for
Brother Kelly. Any republican who
succeeds in dealing knock-down blow
of sufficient power to knock the third
party powerless in an entire state. and
that state Kansas, should deserve the
best his party has as reward of merit.
Following is the article:
The Rev. Bernard Kelly boom for
governor is again booming. The Fort
Scott Monitor starts the ball again.
This is unfortunate. If we remember
rightly, the Monitor started the John
son boom for governor, and got left.
We could endorse Captain johnson,
but Kelly! Was it not Brother Kelly
and his co-conspirators who put the
knife to the throat of the Kansas State
Temperance union? Who hired
A. B. Campbell, with Union funds, to
go back east and electioneer for Blaine?
We believe so. Those funds embraced
the donations to the ten perance cause
III Kansas, of democrats and green
hackers as we'll as republicans, and it
was worse than highway robbery to
steal 1t for republican party purposes.
That act and the additional one of
forcing through a resolution against
the protest of two-fifths of the dele
gates at the annual meeting declaring
in favor of the republican party,
thus turning useful non-parti-
san organization into polit-
ical machine, took the life out of it,
and the Union has never amounted to
anything since. 1t has president and
a secretary, we believe-thati is all. And
Bernard Kelly is largely responsible for
its death. Hemay be our next govern
or, but his denomination and election
will only be an additional nail in the
republican coffin. Brother Kelly is too
much of partisan to be just.
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Preceedlngs or school hoard.

FAIRFIELD BUILDING, Lee. D.
Board met in regular session.
Present, D. w. Morris, R. Lakin, w.
w. Scott, c. p. Theis, R. H. Edmiston,
d. Kynaston and w. F. Ewing, D. w.
Morris, president, in the chair.
Minutes of last regular and adj
journed meetings approved.
A communication from E. E. Con-
dit concerning his bill for the repairs
on the furnaces in the Garfield build
ing was read, said bill having been laid
over from last meeting for correction.
On motion, the bill as corrected was
allowed, on basis of 1915 for said re-
pairs including castings still short
which Mr.. Conditt is to furnish.
Report of treasurers was examined
and on motion approved. Balance on
hand, Dec. 5, 1887, 81 1896. SO.
The committee on buildings and
grounds reported the cistern of Wal
nut street school building cemented,
as per order of the board, also that the
water closets at Garfield building are
under construction.
The auditing committee made the
following report on claims, which was
adopted and the clerk ordered to draw
orders on the treasury in payment of
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ON THE DOWN GRADE

Under the above heading the Hutch
inson News has the following kind and
complimentary remarks regarding
Wichita:
The Wichita Eagle is getting in a
desperate strait. Not content with w.
ing about its own town it now turns in
on its neighbors. There is no better
evidence of the decadence of Wichita
than the frantic and crazy frothing of
the Eagle Sunday morning. The idea
of Wichita, a town off on branch roads,
stuck down in the mud so deep she can
neither be drained or severed, ever
making city of any pretentions, was
never contemplated by rational men.
She is in pocket aud is being squeezed
daily by the towns that surround her.
There is Arkansas City, Winfield and
Wellington on the south, Kingman and
Anthony on the west, FL Dorado on the
east, Newton on the north and Hutch
inson to the northwest. These cities,
instead of contributing to ''Wichita's
greatness" will see to it that they all
make better towns themselves within
the next five years. They have the To-
cation and facilities to do it. We will
vouch for Hutchinson doing it, and can
do nearly as much for some of the 9TH
ers. Beat the air and paw the earth,
Marshal M, as much as you like, but
remember you are now on the down
grade and the boys are all on to YOU.
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4 BEAR Story.



4 CiHnanon Bsa< Roanains Aroma
the Vfeln1ty ef Empsria.
Inc Republican Of Friday morning
has the following:
On the 18th day of June last. the
IRo aIgt1g local item appeared in the
IS IT A PANTHER?
Tnere is considerable excitement
noELh o. the city, in the vicinity of the
new new WaterWorks dam, on account of a
Iarge WHO animal resembling a pam
Gners tnat mas been seen by number of
persons. IG is q monster. leaving
tracks IN the mud as large as man s
hand. The Moore Bros had yearIipg
con- kIIled and devoured by this gigan-
tlc AGIen Snd others have lost smaller
ANIMALS, such as calves and hogs.
yesterday John B. johnson and John
Lnrockmorton, while riding In buggy
along the Burhngame road, about two
anu q naf miles northeast Of this city,
saw huge Wild animal about one
hundred and fifty yards to their left.
eating at the carcass of some dead
beast. Mr.. johnson. who called
at TINS Office and gave us the informa-
lion, saio 1t was very large and OF a
DroWnlsh color. From its shape and
movements he had no doubt it was a
| bear. He Informed some persons
whom he shortly afterwards met of
What ne had seen, and preparations
were Deing made when he left, to hunt
the animal down. We have no doubt
but it is the same animal referred to in
the above item. 1t should be killed.
captured or driven into its hole and
the hole plugged up. Here is a chance
Tor some Nimrod of the Neosho to
bring bear into camp.
at casual reading the above article
may look little fishy, and, to those
who have read the recent articles in
the Republican relative to the Murray
law, peculiar Interpretation might be
put upon the deductions arrived at.
Nevertheless, we assure our readers
That there is sure enough bear at
large. which is probably the one which
some time ago escaped from the Wiser
ranch. 1t seems the Wiser boys caught
three cubs while OF on hunting trip,
and brought them home. All these
were kept until grown, when one of
them had to be killed because it became
vicious and pretty badly hurt one of the
men on the ranch. Another soon after
died, and the third disappeared and
has not since been heard of or seen, I'M
less this proves to be the animal.
A bear-hunting party was organized
this morning, with Carl Nation as COM
mander, but when he learned it was a
sure enough bear he resigned his posi-
ton and refused to hunt. although he
had previously paraded the streets with
an old blunderbus ''loaded for bear, -
with bayonet attachment and an extra
bayonet in his hand, which he asserted
he wanted for use at close quarters.
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Worth Knowing.


Mr.. w. II. Morgan, merchant, Lake
City, Fla, was taken with a severe
Cold. attended with a distressing
Cough, and running into Consumption
in its first stages. He tried many so
called popular cough remedies and
steadily grew worse. Was reduced in
flesh, had difficulty in breathing and
was unable to sleep. Finally tried DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
and found immediate relief, and after
using about half dozen bottles found
himself well and has had no return of
the disease. No other remedy can
show so grand a record of cures, as
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption Guaranteed to do just what
is claimed for it.-Trial bottle free at
B. Wheldon's Drug Store.
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OUR evening contemporary is getting
out of breath trying to establish that
when it came out for high license it
only meant that the Murray law should
be amended. We are pleased to find
that the News is ashamed of its little
blunder, and trust the community will
accept its excuses just as though they
were true. Suppose we consider the
whole thing typographical error?
We have not the least idea what the
above refers to. THE News is not
ashamed of any position it has taken
and has no excuses to offer for any
blunders. However, it is ashamed of
wilful misrepresentation made by its
morning contemporary, and we hereby
notify it that unless it mends its ways
and refrains from wilfuly maligning
this paper we shall have to cut it off
our exchange list and refuse to notice
it in any manner whatever in our
columns.
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To D. A Phelps, Hugh Phelps James Thomp-
son, Geo. W. Thompson and Elizabeth Bias


To D. A Phelps, Hugh Phelps. James Thomp-
sett: -
Yon are hereby notified that you have been
sued; that the petition of the plaintiff is on
HE IN the Office of the clerk of the district
court OF Lyon county, Kansas; that the names
OF the parties to said petition are Thomas s.
hruz as plaintiff and Sidney Best, Sophia
Best, RACHEL Thompson, James Thompson
Geo: W. Thompson, Elizabeth Bassett ID. A
Phelps, Hugh Phelps. W. T. Stokes and N r
stokes. defendants; that you must answer
SAID petition on or before the 30th day of De-
cemoer, 1887, or the same will be taken as true
anu Judgment rendered accordingly against
sidney Best an6 Sophia Best, for the sum of
TWO hundred and seventy dollars and interest
thereon at twelve per cent per annum from
January list. 1850. and that the same be adj
5ugded and decreed first and prior mortsage
lien upon the following described land
in Lyon county, Kansas, to-wit: The
north half OF the south half of
the ,o northwest quarter of section TWEEN
" tS0). township seventeen 90, range eleven
Old, east of the sixth principal meridian, and
for the sale of said land to satisfy said mort
gage lien, and debarring all of said defend
ants from ever after claiming or asserting
any right, title interest in or to said land as
the heirs of Wm w. Thompson, deceas ed. or
otherwise, and for such other and further re-
lief as may be proper.
KELLOGG & SEDGwICK,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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THE Clay Center Times in speaking
of the great reduction of the working
force on some of the railroads relates
the following incident: 1T is known
that one or two roads in this state Sc
cretly cut down their operating expen-
ses to the minimum. Among other re-
auctions the forces on the sections were
reduced, very often to only one man to
the section. A few days ago a rail got
out of place on a branch line on which
there was only one man to the section.
The station man could not replace the
rail himself and telegraphed for help.
The reply came back to hire farmer
to assist him and employ him at regu-
lar section mans wages. 1t took them
about an hour and a quarter to do the
work and the farmers wages came to
thirteen cents. Now it happens that
this road is a great stickler for hospital
fees. When the farmer was paid by
the company's agent, twenty-five cents
was deducted for this purpose-that
being the minimum charges-which
left the farmer in debt to the company
twenty cents.''
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Chasing Nfe.eora.

We caution our readers to put no re-
lance in stories about meteors which
come very near those who were startled
by them. We were fooled once, about
thirty years ago, by one of these brill
liant wanderers in space. It passed
right over the Litchfield fair grounds.
apparently, and struck the earth over
on Chestnut Hill. We were SO fully
convinced that it buried itselfin Litch-
field soil that we cogItated upon the
advisability OF going over to unearth
the thing.
''Pshaw, Joe," said the good old
father when we reported the matter or
our arrival home, eli was more likely
hundreds of miles away" s.It. can't
be, father" we replied; ..H. B. Graves
saw it and said he should think Il
passed over John II. Hubbard's house.
or at least not farther down than the
fair grounds. Why, father, we heard
The next days New York papers
weakened our faith in our ability to
calculate on mefeoric distance. The.
same brilliant sphere was reported BY
telegraph as having been seen by peo-
pie in Kentucky. and few days later
q westward-bound transatlantic steam-
er reported having seen it 1900 miles
out at sea- = Wsnsted Coma. Herald.
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FRANCIS SADI-CARNoT, the newly
elected president of the French repub-
lie, was born in Limoges August IL,
1897. He entered the polytechnic
school in 1857, and afterward the gov
eminent school of bridges and high
ways. He was graduated in 1865 at the
top of his class. and, after having been
for some time secretary to the council
of the school, was made a civil engi-
neer. He was elected representative
from CHATEAU dor to the national as
sembly February, 1871. He voted for
all measures tending to adopt the en-
tire constitution. He was in Ferry's
cabinet, and retired with the other
members when that cabinet was dis
solved in November, 1881. He was re-
elected from the department of Cote
Dendar on the republican ticket on DC
tOber 4, 1885, and took the portfolio of
finance in January z, 1885. NJ. Sadi-
Garnet is best known for his special
knowledge of the affairs of the public
works. He has translated several of
the works Of John Stuart Mill.
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About half-past one Saturday morn
ing fire was discovered by the night
watch in the northwest part of the
city. The alarmed was given and the
company were soon on their way to the
scene Of the fire which proved to the
barn of Alfred Lisle, eolered team
ster who resides at $40 Neosho street.
The firemen were ready to throw water
in very short time, but the pressure
for at least twenty minutes was so
light that nothing could be effected. In
the mean time the brands were flying
in all directions. AS soon as the pres.
sure became suaiclsnt 70 DO say GOOD
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FoundGuIlu.

Col. Feighan and other attorneys
and witnesses, returned from Cotton
wood Falls Friday. Sigler was
found guilty of cattle stealing and is
in Jail awaiting sentence. The trials
of the Smith boys and Mr.. james viii
be held one week from to-day. Col.
Feighan was the only prosecuting at
tOrney, while on the other side was
quite bevy of legal gentlemen, some
from Emporia and others belonging
at Cottonwood Falls. The prose-
cutors feel satisfied that they viii Sc
cure all the parties that have had a
hand in this stealing and are making
their best endeavor towards that re-
suit.
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TRNE r0 ERIENDS.

The dependent pension bill was cal
culated TO benfit union soldiers; the
Mexican pension bill almost exclusively
benefited rebel soldiers. Cleveland ve-
toed the former and signed the latter.
The repeal of the tariff on wool
would harm only Northern farmers; the
repeal of the sugar tariff would harm
only southern planters. Cleveland adj
vocates in his message a repeal of the
former but not of the latter, although
the former would not reduce the sur
plus revenue one-tenth as much as the
Ioffar
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THERE is a FACT wortbv m

THERE is fact worthy the highest
consideration among working men and
capitalists everywhere. that in all the
utterances of anarchists al over the
world, there is a total disregard of God
and the Bible, and the Sabbath day,
which shows that the agitations dis
turbing our civilization are largely de-
pendent upon the goddess or infidel
classes. Beware then OF any man or
class of men who ignore God and the
Bible hese are our hulwarks
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Mr.. w. p. RICE, who is prominent
Kansas City banker, says that if all the
papers of the country would say that
money is easy, money would be easy.
There is plenty of money in the coun-
try. All that is needed is a return of
confidence on the part of the money
holders. A lack of confidence will Gre
ate a stringency in the money market
at any time.
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Colonel Grant relates that General
Custer once met In this city q noted
cavalry officer who was a good writer
and talker, and who was delivering q
lecture on Gettysburg after the war.
Handing Custer q couple of tickets for
the lecture, the cavalryman remarked:
'1 hope you will come, for describe
all the cavalry movements in that
fight. By the way, transfer your
brigade from the right wing, where it
did operate. to the left wing and mass
it with my brigade; it makes the
story more imposing, you know
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Probably one of the most genial and
pleasant gentlemen in the city of EN-
poria is DR.. Robert Lyon. whose bus
mess headquarters are at the Hotel
Whitley, but who also has a head
quarter in the breast of every person
who has become well acquainted with
him and his kindly and considerable
methods, not only as physician but
also as an accommodating, whole
souled friend. The doctors long ex-
perience and the knowledge gathered
by years devoted to his profession have
gained for him world wide reputa-
ton as well as a good practice. His
card will be found elsewhere in these
columns,
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the flames were soon extinguiahed. The
barn contained four mules, a COW and
considerable hay. One of the mules
was burned to death and another badly
scorched about the neck and head.
The lack of force we learn was due TO
the fact that the engineer was running
the Old set of boilers while cleaning ont
the new ones. One set cannot be run
but about two weeks without cleaning.
This, Mr. Greenway was doing, and
had let the force run very low and
when the alarm was given could not
catch up for few moments.
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WISuNnnn,

A WASHINGTON correspondent
counted the number Of red-headed men
in congress and found that they score
just twenty-seven. The country may
expect some sanguinary discussions
during the present session.